North Arlington High School - Chrysalis Yearbook (North Arlington, NJ)

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enior Victory Cheer, Victory Cheer. ' The time was then . . . the place was there. And so, with the final slamming of the now-empty lockers and a last reminiscent glance around the familiar halls of NAH5, another six pages slip quietly into place in our rapidly growing biography. With the completion of this critical third chapter, our thoughts flow swift- ly over those pages which have gone before, those already blurred by time and smeared through constant recollection. A hall of mirrors whirls around, each one reflecting some long-forgotten page in our seem- ingly long history. The introductory pages are written in a small, cramped hand-writing, the mark of insecurity. How large and foreboding NAH5 looked to us, as timid seventh-graders we received our introductory visit to the build- ing that was to become so friendly in the six years that lay ahead of us! Proudly, though maybe a little confusedly, we fumbled around from class to class, enjoying our first taste of migratory education. Another first in our early years was the afternoon dance, the social high- light of the year, our first plunge into the grown-up world of higher education. A whirl of May Day, class projects, Mr. Mathisoifs rid- dles, and enthusiastic cheering at all of the ath- letic events, and suddenly we found ourselves beginning a new page as eager and older eighth- graders. More secure this year, we soon grew accustomed to the revised junior high school schedule. Our first taste of foreign languages, especially French, created havoc in the music room. Exhuberantly we planned our first class trip, a gala affair in which over a hundred students participated. The annexation of a state basketball championship and our feeble at- 0 l Anthony Infante, president of the Student Council, presents the '57 May Queen candidates. tempts at junior career papers and scheduling problems brought us jubilantly around to our initial year in high school as full-fledged fresh- men. Under the leadership of newly-elected Class President Joe Colino, we moved into the high- er realm of responsibility and leadership. Rou- tine elasswork was momentarily forgotten be- tween widely varied activities. Demonstration reports in oral English were a fresh experience, enjoyable, sometimes even to the palate, such as Pat Brownis recipe for a midnight snack of crackers 'n cheese. And right before lunch, too! Sylvia Beerli must have listened hard to Ed Fisher's talk on how to be a salesman because it was this year that she began her three-year reign as NAll5's super magazine salesman. A coming-out party in the form of April Show- ers, our first class dance, really launched us on our way in the social, as well as the scho- lastic life of NAIIS. Cheering try-outs in May found Roberta Sandquist and Una Rankin sharing honors as the two youngest members of the squad. And so, another year, another page, and already our Class of '57 had left its imprint on the dusty volumes in NAHS's vast library. Sophomore year brought a swiftly-growing interest in school affairs. Our class dance, Frozen Fantasy, was gaily heralded by Judie Hoffman and Angelo Ballestero with their snow- ball-mambo stunt in the gym. Originality, teamed with lots of hard work, spurred the soph llep-cats on to victory in the first an- nual Yi-Queens Cavalcade of Sports. ln the scholastic field biology took top honors as the most talked about course. An added attraction to the annual operation frog turned out to be an inopportune meeting between the feaf tured player and Judy McClear's ravenbus fe- line. Climaxing a year of progress was the last May Day performance of its type, to which our class contributed two spirited numbers. Another few lines scrawlcd of summer va- cation and soon we were back to the fasbshrink- ing halls of NAHS, proudly sporting our newly- acquired school rings, an article seemingly possessing an uncanny knack for being mis- placed. The introduction of Dr. George I.

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ffl Senior halfback Tony Valeriani takes handoff from Viking quarterback. Thomas as new Superintendent of Schools, Miss Genoveseis eager lllllNlS.,u ,lunior Guidance, and an intimate acquaintance witl1 old Ben Franklin symbolized the beginning of another hcctic school year. Career papers were soon upo11 us i11 a mad scrambling for reference books Zlllll interviews, in which Helen Whitney a11d Alan Prigge took top honors. An outstanding basketball season, with George Rolond illlll Richie Hakim junior 111ai11- stays of the tea111, was climaxed by the exciting championship game with BOI'llPl1l0VVI1 at which tl1e NAHS boys rocked the roof with their own Ili-Fi', cheer, led by Bob llartley and Nick Sperduto. In the literary field two issues of tl1e Viking Review were rolled fro111 clattering type- writers while the new co-editors of the Viking Saga, Cathy Treiber and Arnold Chair, ac- cepted the trophy when our newspaper was judged Best in Statel' at the annual SPANJ j0llI'llIlllSIll conference. Influenced by the en- lllllSiilSIll of the ,lunior Class, a new type of May Day was established, with n1a11y juniors, includ- ing Joe Colino, Don Kelso, Ed Petit-Clair, and Andrea Aronson, in the 111ain roles. Climaxing the social season was the annual Junior Prom held at the Hotel Suburban. Then, with our high school pages almost complete, we returned to NAHS as proud and haughty seniors, greeted by a new schedule and an almost empty treasury. This latter problem was soon resolved by an active Christmas card cam aign skillfully managed by Pat Brown, joe Corso, and ,Ioe Colino. Without too much delay Macbeth, the New York Times, chemistry, home nursing, and driv- ers' ed. becan1e firmly established records of our senior year as the Class of '57 moved for- ward into the future. Crisp autumn weather provided a picturesque setting for our hard- fighting gridders as Captain Bennet Da Silva and seniors Tony Valeriani, Ed Fisher, and Nick Sperduto led our football team to a suc- cessful 5-3 season, as we dropped our last game within a hair's breadth of the final gun. The excitment and plans for the May Queen and senior dance becan1e welded into actuality the night of Holiday Serenade, when Chronicles 3 11 Y 3 s l Caryl Rosenberg discusses college plans with Mrs. Capwell, our educational advisor. Anthony Infante added the na111e of Amy Bor- relli to a long list of regal predecessors. Co- captains George Roland and Richie Hakim and senior Ronnie Wfalinski again won honors dur- ing an undefeated basketball season. Gil Jordet as track captain alo11g with tl1e baseball and track squads took the sportlight in the spring athletic season. Snaring the winner's trophy in Games Night for the second time, the senior girls as Triple Trouble Trappers, led by Judie Hoffman, again proved their originality and athletic prowess. W'ith Caryl Rosenberg, Ed Petit-Clair, and Helen ,lanulis in the featured parts of Time Out for Ginger, our class play proved to be a tremendous success, entertain111ent-wise as well as financially. Then with tl1e crow11ing of our May Queen, our class trip to Yvashington, D. C., the Prom, Class Night, and finally Graduation, the pages of our short biography are filled, the fOI1Illy-I'6lll6l'llh6l'Cd snapshots are all in place. All too soon a new senior class will move up to fill the vacant front row in assemblies, and with the echoing strains of our now-familiar Alma Mater still ringing in our ears we step proudly forward, perhaps hesitating Ollly slight- ly before we pass from the pages of the worn volume into a new one. Remembering how friendly the past was to us-our parents, teach- ers, counselors, and friends, all a part of our history--we salute them, give them our thanks, before closing the final chaper in this section of our biography. Then slowly the faded cover falls into place, and we move on, each going his own way into the future. The place was dream . . . the time was youth.